Oral history interview with Dewey Albinson

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Oral history interview with Dewey Albinson

1965 October 27

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An interview of Dewey Albinson conducted 1965 October 27, by Virginia Nagle, for the Archives of American Art. Albinson describes his position as supervisor of Projects for the Minnesota State Department of Education. He speaks of the Minneapolis Handicraft Project; crafts by American Indians; artists and communism in New York City; Federal Art Project murals in St. Paul, Minnesota; and his relationship with Frances Densmore, Floyd Dell, Roland Mousseau, Will Norman, Benett Swanson, Forbes Watson, Charles Wells, and others.

Sound recording: 1 sound tape reel ; 5 in.Transcript: 54 p.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7081374

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New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project.

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Densmore, Frances, 1867-1957

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Frances Theresa Densmore was born on May 21, 1867 in Red Wing, Minnesota. She studied at the Oberlin College Conservatory of Music from 1884 to 1887. Her professional interest in the music of Native Americans dates from the 1893 Columbian Exposition in Chicago. In 1905, she made her first visit to the Minnesota tribes and in 1907 began to record Indian music under the auspices of the Smithsonian Institution's Bureau of American Ethnology. During her fifty years with the Bureau, she recorded near...

Watson, Forbes, 1880-1960

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Mousseau, Ronald.

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Nagle, Virginia

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Norman, William J., 1896-1978

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Federal Art Project (Minn.)

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Wells, Charles, -1944

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Dell, Floyd, 1887-1969

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Editor, playwright, novelist. From the description of Letters of Floyd Dell [manuscript], 1924, 1935. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647810834 Author Floyd Dell was raised in impoverished circumstances in Illinois, developing ideals under the influence of his school-teacher mother. Although a high school dropout, a combination of intelligence, talent, and will contributed to his early success writing for periodicals. His book reviews were a revelation, and led...

Albinson, Dewey, 1898-1971

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Dewey Albinson (1898-1971) was an art administrator and painter from Minneapolis, Minn. From the description of Oral history interview with Dewey Albinson, 1965 Oct. 27. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 226956465 ...

Swanson, Ben (Bennet)

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